Need ideas on how to create something...

[Rocfrog]

Ok this is probably a basic dumb question but my mind is absolutely fried and I for the life of me cant think of an easy way.....

In Illustrator (CS5) is there a way to quickly/easily recreate "hair"?? I need to recreate a drawing from a customer and its the "plume" on a Spartan/gladiator helmet and it's not drawn "standard" it looks more like a bristled broom than the standard plume.

Nick

[JBLUE]

Blend tool might work for what you need. Youtube it and see. Thats what comes to mind for me.

[Rocfrog]

Ya I did some quick googleing/youtubing and didn't come up with much other than how to make hair look real. But I did just a ton of "stokes" for now but it doesn't look right....

Nick

[Sbrem]

Do you have a drawing tablet? Or check online for assorted Illustrator brushes, there are a zillion freebies out there...

Steve

[Rocfrog]

Sadly I don't have a tablet....other wise it would be super simple..... 

Nick

[starchild]

Image Trace in CS6 would be the perfect tool for this. I guess download.. the trial version or whatever and get it done. Do a screen grab of a similar spartan helmet and off you go..

[3Deep]

Better yet take a pic of a broom and photoshop it, tiff file and use AI trace program and your done..

Darryl

[Rocfrog]

Image Trace in CS6 would be the perfect tool for this. I guess download.. the trial version or whatever and get it done. Do a screen grab of a similar spartan helmet and off you go..

What is "image trace" is that like "live trace" just with a new name for CS6?

Nick